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SingaporeBowling
SingaporeBowling (SBF), formerly known as Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress, was constituted in 1963 at a time when the sport of Tenpin Bowling was strictly for the recreational past time of a privileged few.

SingaporeBowling is the National governing body of the Sport of Tenpin Bowling in Singapore and recognised as such by the Singapore National Olympic Council and the Government, the latter through its Ministry of Sports and the Singapore Sports Council. It is also recognised as such by the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF), the World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA) and the Fédération International des Quilleurs (FIQ).

Its objectives are:

To PROMOTE Singapore as a competitive bowling nation

To STRIVE to elevate the popularity of bowling

To NURTURE and develop its athletes to their full potential

To MAKE it viable for player, vendors and sponsors

HISTORY
Tenpin Bowling was initially confined to the private lanes of the American Club for obvious reasons - the sport was already a flourishing multi-million dollar industry with it's popularity among Americans of all ages, forcing the export of this US-penchant to the rest of the world, including Singapore.

Singaporeans were finally provided its first public centre when Jackie's Bowl Orchard opened her doors to 12-hour long waiting lists of curious locals on Christmas Eve in 1965.

Local bowling legend Henry Tan was one of those curious Singaporeans. He remembered that there was "so much desire to get a touch of this new sport called bowling" that people actually took tokens to book a lane for 12 hours later.

That signaled the start of a bowling boom of sorts as bowling centres sprouted all over the island. The development spiral however, had its misgivings as the owners of these bowling centres were in fact property developers who saw a great opportunity to reap loads of cash from a retail business that they had little or no expertise or experience in.

The trend has continued some 44 years now with the commercial incentives of the sport overpowering the efforts of SingaporeBowling to promote and propagate Tenpin Bowling as a sport where Singaporeans stand realistic opportunities to attain competitive success at the regional and international levels - in other words, Sports Excellence.

The highly technical nature of the sport has made excellent ball sense insufficient to carry a bowler with great potential, to the pinnacle. The ability to read the lanes - much like a golfer reading the putting green - comes through proper instruction and practice. The ability to deliver the ball accurately all the time comes through getting the body mechanics fine-tuned and well balanced so that all that can be done has been done to facilitate a perfect delivery.

The commercial bowling centres, while enjoying the monetary fruits of the sport's popularity among Singaporeans, have somewhat neglected the basics of the sport in so far as a trained bowler will bowl more regularly than the social bowler. They have not needed to worry about this, as the composition of their lineage is irrelevant to their bottom-line. And, lineages at most of Singapore's commercial centres have been extremely healthy even to date. The exceptions are few and far between when one considers the millions of dollars of cash that the commercial centres have raked in and will continue to rake in.

The burden of promotion and development has therefore fallen squarely on the shoulders of the Federation all these years. With barely enough to maintain a Secretariat, let alone a Director of Coaching and the National Youth Development Squads, the Federation has weathered the negatives rather well, achieving success at SEA Games, Asian Games, World Games and regional and world FIQ tournaments with surprising regularity. It has also successfully hosted, among other things, the 1973 Bowling World Cup, 1983 SEA Games, 1984 FIQ Asian Championships, 1991 FIQ World Championships, 1993 SEA Games, 1998 1st Asian Schools' Championships and the 1999 FIQ Asian Youth Championships.

SingaporeBowling Today
SingaporeBowling today is headed by Mrs Jessie Phua, whose involvement with bowling dates back to 1994 when she was the Chairman of SingaporeBowling's Youth Development Programme. In 2002, she was elected President of SingaporeBowling.

Mrs Jessie Phua, the current FIQ President, is ably assisted by a high-powered team of Council Members and each has contributed in no small way towards the successes of SingaporeBowling - the most recent being:

Events	Achievements
2009 Bahrain Open	1 Gold
2009 DHC Cup Girls Bowling International Championships	1 Silver
2009 1st Asian Youth Games	3 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
2008 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup	1 Gold
2008 Malaysian International Open	1 Gold
2008 Asian Intercity Bowling Championship	2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2007 SEA Games	3 Gold, 1 Bronze
2007 World Women's Championship	1 Silver
2007 Asian Youth Championship	1 Silver

Past successes also include:

Events	Achievements
2006 World Men's Championship	2 Gold
2006 Asian Games	1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
2006 Asian Championship	1 Gold
2004 Asian Youth Championship	2 Gold, 2 Silver
2002 Asian Championship	3 Silver
2002 AMF World Cup	1 Silver
2002 Asian Games	3 Gold

Leading the Singapore National Bowling Team is World Bowling Champion Remy Ong, a double-gold medalist at the World Men's Championships 2006 in Busan, South Korea.

Other notable outstanding achievements included the recently crowned QubicaAMF World Cup Champion, Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, who is the first Singaporean to clinch this prestigious title in 2008.

In the recently concluded inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore, New Hui Fen won the first gold medal for the Republic as the Gold Medalist in the Girls Singles. In this first multi-games event created for youths of Asia, our bowlers won a total of 8 medals for Singapore in the Singles, Doubles, Team and Masters divisions and topped the medal table in bowling.

As the NSA charged with the development of the sport in Singapore, SingaporeBowling dedicates one of its priorities on elite high performance sport development by grooming and developing Singapore bowlers to sport excellence in the regional and international arena. Our bowlers have consistently participated in major overseas competitions, apart from our annual Singapore International Open to bring glory to our nation.

SingaporeBowling is committed to promoting wellness in Singapore through participation in community outreach programmes to generate greater awareness of tenpin bowling as a leisure sport for all segments.

SingaporeBowling Community Project - BOWLinks
Whilst high performance sport is SingaporeBowling's most high profiled achievement, it is also engaged in active promotion of tenpin bowling as a sport for all, recreation as well as a most conducive platform for community and social bonding. SingaporeBowling does not forget to bring the tenpin bowling sport to the less fortunate. BOWLinks is a community project launched by SingaporeBowling to introduce the joy of bowling to those with special needs, to promote wellness and encourage a balance of life since 2005. These charity organizations include APSN Schools (Tanglin, Katong), METTA School, Down Syndrome Association, Singapore Association for the Deaf, SIA MINDS, Handicap Welfare Association and others.

The funds raised through our fund-raising efforts allow SingaporeBowling to provide free coaching, equipment and organize bowling competitions and get-together carnivals for the less fortunate. Our bowlers are also involved in these community projects. SingaporeBowling organizes the BOWLink bi-monthly Challenge annually that are opened to children and adults from these special schools and associations and have been well received by their bowlers.

SingaporeBowling Partners
SingaporeBowling works closely with the Singapore Sports Council and our corporate partners, which include:

Major Partner: Canon Singapore Pte Ltd
National Team Partner: Global Sports Brand Pte Ltd (FILA)
Official Airline: Singapore Airlines
Event Partners: Brunswick

We believe in fostering cohesive working relationship with our partners to promote tenpin bowling to the local community.

SingaporeBowling Logo

SingaporeBowling had a new Logo from May 2005.

This logo is designed with the bowling pin as the main object of the visual, which represents the sport. Using a brush-like stroke, it symbolizes the ease and freedom of bowling as a sport.

Red & White are the main colours for the logo where these colours symbolize the colours of our National State Flag.

Updated 14th September, 2009.